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NORDHAVN Stability
“All the confidence we need to go back
and forth to Hawaii from California.”
Nordhavn 55 Owners Bill and Wanda Heaman
Nordhavns are remarkably stable, not only strengthening a boater’s confidence needed for ocean passages, but delivering a
comfortable and safe ride as well.
Nordhavn 55 owner Bill Heaman
It all goes back to how Nordhavns “Some people are nervous when they see
and his wife had a lot of experiare designed and built.
the height of the freeboard on a Nordhavn,
ence going from Long Beach, CA to On Bill’s 55, Nordhavn's Modified Full
but we were anchored at Catalina next to a
Catalina Island, but when they wanted Displacement design features fuller aft sec- different make 57-footer with a much
to go home to Hawaii, they knew they
tions that reduce "squatting" when runlower freeboard,” relates Bill, “and of
needed a boat they could drive confidently. ning at higher speeds with the added bene- course, we would get together with the
fits of reduced pitching motion and
owners and sit atop the flybridge to see the
“If you’re cruising the waterways or never increased stability. The high bow provides sights. We could tell that the 57 would
leaving sight of land, then comfort is your extra buoyancy when punching into large sway more than our Nordhavn. And that
primary concern. But crossing 2,300 nau- head seas, and the higher deck takes on
was at anchor. Stability is simply not an
tical miles of ocean requires confidence in less blue water during rough conditions.
issue for us.”
your boat. With Nordhavn we get both,”
The added height provides significantly
says Bill. “In fact, knowing that we can
more volume below the cabin sole. In
Stability, confidence, comfort,
cross oceans gives us greater confidence
relationship to the accommodations, the
safety and more:
when we’re cruising just locally.”
engine, fuel tanks and water tanks are very See the difference that Nordhavn builds
low, ensuring superior stability. That same into every passagemaker in its fleet. Visit
Bill pointed out that the ABT TRAC stabipassagemaker thinking and design spans
Nordhavn.com or call (949) 496-4848
lizers have always performed very well for
the entire fleet of Nordhavns. No matter
today. www.nordhavn.com
them. “We also have flopper-stoppers
what size boat you want, Nordhavn will be
onboard, but in four years we’ve never
your best choice for confidence, comfort
deployed them,” says Bill.
and safety.
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